USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

Sheesh.. another smoke filled day in the windy NW.. They expect this fire to last until the first snow storm..
Sure.. I like going all naturaal occasionally but a fire policy from the Stone Age

Sorry. Hope the snow storm doesn't hold off too long. We have had a mostly smoke free summer for a change--most fires have been small and contained quickly. Surprising as we are in extreme drought conditions in areas of the state but maybe that's why--little lightning to start fires?

 

[Foxfyre]

Hmmm. Okay sparky, I've though and thought and thought, and I'll have to say no. I haven't come up with a good answer. (And hoping it's appropriate for the Coffee Shop LOL )

I've never been in a band other than high school and college--concert, marching, pep band, special groups etc.

My son in addition to his full time engineering job runs a music school (piano, voice, guitar, violin) for kids. They have a minimum of 50-60 kids and a maximum of 100 kids depending on how many instructors are available--it's a part time job for everybody--and there is always a long waiting list. He also accompanies a great private singing group that was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in NYC recently.

My daughter works full time for the DOD but has been in professional blues bands--she plays bass.

So what sort of band were you in? Work for?

 

[Ringel05]

??? Are you a vampire who doesn't show up in a mirror?

I shaved. Think I'll grow it back though, don't want to scare anybody.........

 

[Ringel05]

I've never been in a band other than high school and college--concert, marching, pep band, special groups etc.

My son in addition to his full time engineering job runs a music school (piano, voice, guitar, violin) for kids. They have a minimum of 50-60 kids and a maximum of 100 kids depending on how many instructors are available--it's a part time job for everybody--and there is always a long waiting list. He also accompanies a great private singing group that was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in NYC recently.

My daughter works full time for the DOD but has been in professional blues bands--she plays bass.

So what sort of band were you in? Work for?

Uummmmmm, talking to yourself?
Not that it's a bad thing I do it all the time.

 

[Foxfyre]

Uummmmmm, talking to yourself?
Not that it's a bad thing I do it all the time.

Weird. That was supposed to be in response to Sparky's post.

 

[Foxfyre]

I shaved. Think I'll grow it back though, don't want to scare anybody.........

I think you should do exactly what you are most comfortable with

 

[Ringel05]

I think you should do exactly what you are most comfortable with

Ya know I'm kinda sorta trying to be funny here, right?
Get the eye bleach ready...........

Some of this is all that weight I lost fairly rapidly, now the skin has to shrink down to fit.

 

[Lumpy 1]

I was raised Roman Catholic, other than a couple of brief visits in my late 30s I have not set foot in a Catholic church since I was 17 years old. I'm 69 now.

Mmm .. wait .. you’re not my long lost twin my parents gave to a Catholic family are you?
… born in October?

 

[Lumpy 1]

Ya know I'm kinda sorta trying to be funny here, right?
Get the eye bleach ready...........

Some of this is all that weight I lost fairly rapidly, now the skin has to shrink down to fit.
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No mustache .. my brother would have a mustache, the search goes on ..

 

[Ringel05]

No mustache .. my brother would have a mustache, the search goes on ..

I just shaved after 20 years with a stash & goatee.

 

[Lumpy 1]

I just shaved after 20 years with a stash & goatee.

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You’re a handsome fellow their Ringel..

I usually grow a beard in winter, slide into spring with a goatee and go with a rustic sorta
biker stache in the summer.

 

[Ringel05]

You’re a handsome fellow their Ringel..

I usually grow a beard in winter, slide into spring with a goatee and go with a rustic sorta
biker stache in the summer.

Thank you.

 

[Foxfyre]

Ya know I'm kinda sorta trying to be funny here, right?
Get the eye bleach ready...........

Some of this is all that weight I lost fairly rapidly, now the skin has to shrink down to fit.
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You look younger without the beard. But either way you look like you.

 

[sparky]

So what sort of band were you in? Work for?

currently in an 80's & up band playing bass

Hmmm. Okay sparky, I've though and thought and thought, and I'll have to say no. I haven't come up with a good answer. (And hoping it's appropriate for the Coffee Shop LOL )

well you see, a toilet only has to put up with ONE a-hole at a time

i really hate running sound ......

~S~

 

[Ringel05]

You look younger without the beard. But either way you look like you.

That's funny, I thought I looked older without the facial hair. Interesting how we view ourselves opposed to how others see us.

 

[Foxfyre]

currently in an 80's & up band playing bass

well you see, a toilet only has to put up with ONE a-hole at a time

i really hate running sound ......

~S~

Ah okay. Can't put fake news on that one.

 

[Foxfyre]

That's funny, I thought I looked older without the facial hair. Interesting how we view ourselves opposed to how others see us.

Very true.

 

[Ringel05]

Very true.

Still I'm leaning more towards growing it back, maybe even going with a full beard. Probably because that's what I'm used to but I'm still not100% sure. Oh vanity of vanities, all is vanity.......

 

[Ringel05]

currently in an 80's & up band playing bass

well you see, a toilet only has to put up with ONE a-hole at a time

i really hate running sound ......

~S~

My best friend in Colorado played base, If I remember he ended up playing bass for a rock/jazz style group and they became regionally famous. I think it was my last visit to Colorado he envied me for getting out of music, he couldn't go anywhere without being recognized.
Lost track of him decades ago, wish I knew were he was, how he was doing.

 

[Foxfyre]

My gut tells me that this has been posted in the Coffee Shop in the past. I just ran across it again on Facebook and it is good enough to repost:

One morning a husband returns to the cabin after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.
Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out, since it is such a beautiful day. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says," Good morning, Ma'am, what are you doing"?
"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that obvious"?)
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her.
"I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing, I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. I'll have to write you up a ticket."
"For reading a book"? she replies.
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her again.
"But officer, I'm not fishing, I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to write you up a ticket and you'll have to pay a fine."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the woman.
"But I haven't even touched you," says the Game Warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day ma'am," and he immediately departed.
MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.